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Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Remained Atop Household TV Streaming for Ninth Straight Week Through Jan. 11
February 5, 2026
The Netflix original sci-fi series “Stranger Things” grabbed another 3.2 billion minutes in household television viewing across 42 episodes during the week of Jan. 11, maintaining the No. 1 overall and the No. 1 original spts for the ninth consecutive week, according to new weekly Nielsen data.
At a distant No. 2 with 1.43 billion viewing minutes was the Paramount+ original “Landman,” which secured its fourth consecutive week at No. 2 and its eighth consecutive week with more than a billion minutes.
Rounding out the top three was Netflix’s mystery thriller “His & Hers” (1.39 billion minutes). The six-episode drama drew 61% of its viewership from adults 35-64, which was the largest in that age demographic across original series for the week. The series also notably had the highest concentration of Black viewers (27%) of any top 10 original.
Netflix’s Harlen Coben mystery thriller “Run Away” (1.02 billion minutes, No. 4 original, No. 4 overall) picked up steam in its first full week of availability, crossing the billion-minute threshold for the first time.
At No. 5 on the originals chart and No. 7 overall was the second season of the HBO Max ER series “The Pitt,” which achieved a new weekly best with 939 million minutes. The show also recently won the Nielsen ARTEY Award for top new drama series of 2025.
The Hulu miniseries “11.22.63” also found new life on Netflix after landing on the platform Jan. 7. The 2016 series based on the best-selling Stephen King novel drew 848 million minutes, No. 7 among originals and No. 9 overall.
Two reality competition series returned to the originals chart, with Peacock releasing the first three episodes of season four of “The Traitors,” which climbed to a new weekly high of 790 million minutes to land at No. 8.
The show tied “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” for the highest concentration of adults 18-34 (31%) among original titles.
Prime Video dropped the first three episodes of the second season of “Beast Games” on Jan. 7, driving the series to 417 million minutes to land at No. 9 on the chart. About 89% of the show’s weekly total went to the new episodes, and the series attracted the second-youngest audience among originals with a median age of 37.
The Netflix original People We Meet on Vacation topped the movies chart with 549 million minutes. The Disney+ sci-fi sequel Tron: Ares bowed at No. 4 on the movie chart with 258 million minutes, with Asian viewers representing 8% of viewers. Netflix’s Wake Up Dead Man ranked No. 9 on the movies chart with 176 million views. Finally, the 2004 action thriller Man on Fire was on the chart for the second week in a row after joining Netflix. The film had the highest concentration of Hispanic viewers (43%) of any top 10 contender this interval.
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